DETENTION CENTER COOLING TOWER REBUILD, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Location:	North Carolina
Posted:	Mar 24, 2026
Due:	Apr 15, 2026
Agency:	State Government of North Carolina
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	41 - Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Air Circulating Equip. J - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
Solicitation No:	600600DCCooling
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Solicitation Number:	600600DCCooling
Project Title:	DETENTION CENTER COOLING TOWER REBUILD, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Description:	Single prime cooling tower manufacturer representative rebuild contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for turn key cooling tower rebuild services for cooling tower 1 and 2 at the Cumberland County Detention Center at 204 Gillespie St, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Opening Date:	4/15/2026 2:30 PM
Posted Date:	3/25/2026
Status:	Open
Department:	COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND


Solicitation Number * 600600DCCooling	Department COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND	Status Reason Open
Opening Date 2026-04-15T14:30:00.0000000	Posted Date * 2026-03-24T18:13:39.0000000Z	Primary Commodity Code Construction Services
Mandatory Conference/Site Visit — —	Special Instructions Questions due April 6, 2026	Solicitation Type * Select RFP IFB RFI
Owner CHRISTINE DUCHENEAUX
Description Single prime cooling tower manufacturer representative rebuild contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for turn key cooling tower rebuild services for cooling tower 1 and 2 at the Cumberland County Detention Center at 204 Gillespie St, Fayetteville, NC 28301

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SPECIFICATIONS

For

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DETENTION CENTER

COOLING TOWER REBUILD

CONTENTS

Invitation For Bid.............................................................................................................................3

General Conditions of the Contract for Construction ......................................................................5

Supplementary General Conditions .................................................................................................6

Division 1 – General Requirements ...............................................................................................10

Bid .................................................................................................................................................13

Contract .........................................................................................................................................16

EJCDC General Conditions ...........................................................................................................20

INVITATION FOR BID

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DETENTION CENTER COOLING TOWER REBUILD, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Cumberland County, North Carolina

Pursuant to Section 143-131 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, informal bids are solicited and will be

received in the office of the Cumberland County Engineering Department, Room 214, in the Historic Courthouse

located at 130 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina at any time before 2:30 pm as per the clock located

in the Engineering office on April 15, 2026. It is the sole responsibility of the vendor to ensure that the bid reaches

the destination listed above by the designated time and hour. Bids received after the specified date and time will

be rejected.

The Engineering Department encourages all questions to be submitted by 3pm, Monday, April 6, 2026 to

Engineering Project Manager, Donna Rice, via email at drice@cumberlandcountync.gov with the subject

“DETENTION CENTER COOLING TOWER REBUILD”.

Bids must be received via email at drice@cumberlandcountync.gov or delivered (in person or via mail delivery)

to Donna Rice, Engineering Project Manager, 130 Gillespie Street, Room 214, Fayetteville, NC 28301. If

delivering bids the outside of the envelope must be marked “BID FOR DETENTION CENTER COOLING

TOWER REBUILD”. Bids must be submitted on the printed form, or exact copies thereof, contained in the

Contract Documents.

Bidder shall identify on the bid, the minority businesses that will be utilized on the project with corresponding

total dollar value of the bid and affidavit listing good faith efforts or an affidavit indicating work under Contract

will be self-performed, as required by G.S. 143-128.2(c) and G.S. 143-128.2(f). Failure to comply with these

requirements is grounds for rejection of the bid.

The Owner will require the apparent Low Bidder to qualify himself to be a responsible Bidder by furnishing

Affidavit C or Affidavit D of the MWBE Participation Program.

A bid bond in the amount of 5% is required for this project.

Performance and Payment Bonds are required.

All Contractors are notified that North Carolina Statutory provisions as to licensing for Contractors will be

observed in receiving, reading and awarding of contracts.

Plans and specifications, including Contract Documents, are open to public inspection and available upon request

at the Cumberland County Engineering Department Office, 130 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, NC.

All addendums and/or corrections will be sent by email to vendors who submit an intent to bid and be posted to

the

Cumberland

County

Vendor

Self

Service

site

https://ccmunis.co.cumberland.nc.us/vss/Vendors/VBids/Default.aspx.

PROHIBITED COMMUNICATION: Each vendor submitting a bid, including its representatives,

subcontractors, and suppliers, is prohibited from having any communication with any employees or members of

the board of commissioners of the County except those employees of the Engineering Department as designated

in this invitation for bid. A vendor who does not comply with this provision may be disqualified from award of a

contract.

!IMPORTANT INFORMATION! CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: The bid must not contain any

information marked as “confidential” or as a “trade secret” or in any other manner as to indicate that it is

information protected by the Trade Secrets Protection Act ( the “Act”) as set out in Article 24 of Chapter 66 of

the North Carolina General Statutes, unless the vendor has noticed the Engineering Department of its intent

to designate any information in the bid as such and received permission from the Engineering Department

to do so in writing. Vendor’s notice to the Engineering Department must be in writing and must describe the

information for which confidentiality is requested and explain how the information is a “trade secret” as defined

in G.S. § 66-152(3). If the Engineering Department determines the information for which confidentiality is

requested is a “trade secret” covered by the Act, it will notify the vendor how to mark the information in the bid

and will identify the measures that Engineering will take to protect the confidentiality of the information.

Vendor’s submission of a bid after receipt of this notice from the Engineering Department shall be deemed to be

acceptance of the Engineering Department’s statement of how it will maintain confidentiality. If the Engineering

Department determines the information for which confidentiality is requested is not a “trade secret” covered by

the Act, it will notify vendor of that determination. Any bid marked with any information as “confidential” or as

a “trade secret” or in any other manner as to indicate that it is information protected by the Act in violation of this

section shall be regarded as not responsive to the invitation for bids and shall not be considered.

The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities or irregularities. The bidder to

whom the contract may be awarded must comply with the requirements of G.S. Section 143-131, as amended.

No bids may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

A. The “General Conditions” referred to in this and the following section of the specifications is EJCDC

“Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract”, EJCDC No. C-700 (2013 Edition) and

SHALL BE considered Section II of this specification.

B. Wherein the Supplementary Conditions are in conflict with the “General Conditions” (EJCDC No. C-700

(2013 Edition), the Provisions of the Supplementary Conditions SHALL govern.

C. All work is to be performed by Contractors licensed in their respective fields of competence.

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